An investigation was launched on suspicion of poisoning Ross in exile

An exiled Russian journalist and activist spoke of health problems after a meeting of dissidents in Berlin last April.

By Le Figaro with AFP

published On 05/21/2023 at 10:52to update On 05/21/2023 at 10:52

An investigation has been opened in Germany on suspicion of poisoning due to health problems mentioned by a Russian journalist and activist in exile Police told AFP on Sunday after a meeting of dissidents in Berlin. “An investigation has been opened. Investigations are ongoingA Berlin police spokesman told AFP, confirming the information from the daily. Die Felt Posted Saturday evening.

However, he did not want to give more details about the current procedure. This week, the Russian investigative media, Agentstvo, published an investigation into the health problems faced by two participants in a meeting of Russian dissidents, on April 29 and 30, about businessman-turned-opposition Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

An open hotel room

One of the participants, introduced as a journalist who recently left Russia, experienced unspecified symptoms during the event and said they may have started earlier. And the media adds that the journalist went to the Charité hospital in Berlin, where the Russian opponent was treated. Alexei Navalnya victim of poisoning in August 2020.

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The second participant is Natalia Arno, director of the NGO Free Russia Foundation in the United States where she lived for ten years after having to leave Russia. Natalia Arnault was in Berlin at the end of April, flying to Prague. It was there, according to Agentstvo reports, that she developed symptoms and also discovered that her hotel room had been opened.

“sharp pains”

I left the next day for the US, and called the hospital there as well as the authorities. Natalia Arnault also posted a message on Facebook this week invoking the issues she felt, “sharp pains“and one”numbnessclaiming that the firstStrange symptomsHe appeared before arriving in Prague. She adds that she still has symptoms but is feeling better.

In recent years, many poisonous attacks have been carried out abroad and in Russia against opponents of Russian power. Moscow denies any responsibility for its secret services. In the case of Alexei Navalny, European laboratories have confirmed the use of a Novichok-type toxin, developed by the Soviet Union for military purposes.